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LaunchTN 36/86 startup event succeeds Southland, Pando pact ends; Exec says Pando presses ahead with Nashville event plans

Dec 01, 2014 at 11:15 am by miltcapps

Update 3:04 pm 23 January 2015: Pando filed a complaint alleging breach of contract by LaunchTN, with argument centered on recently announced TechCrunch personnel participatio.... Read More

M&A ahead: Fetherling's Perception Health teams with PYA Analytics, XSolis/Advent

Sep 19, 2014 at 11:30 am by miltcapps

PERCEPTION HEALTH LLC entrepreneur Tod Fetherling's latest data startup, long anticipated in some quarters, has launched with healthcare analytics allies and eyes selective ac.... Read More

VentureNotes: Consensus Point, Tandum, PinPtr, HouseLens

Sep 15, 2014 at 03:37 pm by miltcapps

Brad Wilson Linda Rebrovick CONSENSUS POINT President and CEO Linda Rebrovick is unlikely to retain those duties while simultaneously running for Mayor of Me.... Read More

Strategy: Startup ComputeCycles seeks 'defensible' IoT mobile-app roles

Aug 11, 2014 at 05:30 am by miltcapps

TENNESSEE returnee Van Simmons aims for his ComputeCycles mobile software development firm to become widely known as a go-to vendor for Internet of Things (IoT) contracts. To.... Read More

Mid-TN's NueCura Partners gathers Angels, some join MEDArchon capraise

Aug 08, 2014 at 02:22 pm by miltcapps

NUECURA PARTNERS has quietly gathered a core group of 15 to 20 Angel investors, some of whom are aboard a Series B raise just completed for MEDArchon, said Don Lazas, M.D., Nu.... Read More

Startups, Buyouts: TNCRS nears $2BN PE mark with Charlesbank, Khosla commitments

Aug 04, 2014 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

PRIVATE EQUITY commitments now total nearly $2BN via the alternative assets investment program of Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS). TCRS recently opted to comm.... Read More

Entrepreneurs, Investors, Advisors comment on Nashville deal dynamics, traditions

Jul 31, 2014 at 06:15 am by miltcapps

EARLY-STAGE investment gets a close look in Nashville, as Medalogix CEO Dan Hogan pursues a Series A capital raise. Return to the main story and Hogan's views, right here. Ho.... Read More

Burcham 'virtually certain' he will resume his entrepreneurial path, now drives Nashville Entrepreneur Center toward inflection point

Jul 28, 2014 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Update 17 Dec 2014: Michael Burcham, who has for months said in public forums he was exploring healthcare startup addressing end-of-life stage care, is indeed going to leave,.... Read More

Checkd.in's rapid evolution, Case award spur launch of Affinity Exchange

Jul 28, 2014 at 09:55 am by miltcapps

Update: As rumored likely for many weeks, once high-profile Checkd.in is apparently ceasing business. Nashville Business Journal's Eleanor Kennedy reported earlier this aftern.... Read More

Tech entrepreneur: Nashville Healthcare IT talent can spur other industries

Jul 21, 2014 at 11:45 am by miltcapps

Update: Sept. 15, 2014 - Cognizant said it plans to buy Trizetto for $2.7BN cash.-Ed. SAL NOVIN, who sold his startup to Trizetto Group, suspects heavy demand for IT workers i.... Read More

Nashville Angels bless Kindful, as it eyes tech acquisition and Blackbaud market share

Jul 16, 2014 at 02:06 pm by miltcapps

Updates: Oct. 19, 2016: Kindful raised $3.5MM Series A capital (SEC) from investors led by Cultivation Capital, St. Louis. Joe Maxwell of Nashville apparently led for Cultivat.... Read More

Angels on Safari: Gatto, Burcham target startups via Selous Venture Society

Jun 25, 2014 at 02:21 pm by miltcapps

THE SOLIDUS-spawned Selous Venture Society (SVS), an Angel group based in Nashville, has been quietly stalking Angels and startups for months, and is about to pounce on its fo.... Read More

Former LaunchTN Chairman William Evans hands St. Jude CEO reins to James Downing, M.D.

Jun 25, 2014 at 02:15 pm by miltcapps

ST. JUDE Children's Research Hospital CEO William Evans, PharmD, is returning to full-time pharmacogenetic research, and is to be succeeded in the role of director and CEO by.... Read More

Consultant PYA doubles-down with U.S. healthcare data startup

May 06, 2013 at 09:59 am by miltcapps

PERSHING YOAKLEY ASSOCIATES (PYA), the consulting and accounting firm, has augmented its healthcare claims analytics resources with a separate large-scale analytics and predic.... Read More

SpecialOps: ExBellum combat veterans target business imperatives

May 06, 2013 at 09:59 am by miltcapps

Updated: In 2018, the now Texas-based founders exited Exbellum and cofounded Terradepth, a data-as-a-service company focused on actionable knowledge about oceans, according to.... Read More

VentureNotes: Tennessee Venture Council moving to starting-blocks?

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:14 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE VENTURE COUNCIL, a proposed nonprofit organization for VC's, seems to have moved closer to becoming operational. According to a new website that purports to represe.... Read More

Launch Tennessee beefs-up board of directors, sheds TTDC branding while CEO search continues

Nov 01, 2012 at 12:09 pm by miltcapps

Update: 21 November 6:26 a.m.: Chattanoogan.com reports that TN House Speaker Beth Harwell appointed UT COO David Milhorn to the board of LaunchTN/TTDC. Milhorn succeeds Alex.... Read More

VentureNotes: Council Capital, Solidus at Work

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:54 pm by miltcapps

Dennis Bottorff COUNCIL CAPITAL-backed NuScriptRX, the Nashville-based mail order institutional pharmacy, has reached a $30MM revenue run-rate and has closed on a gro.... Read More

From Cicero to Church Street: Startup Contigo Financial challenges payday lending

Aug 27, 2012 at 12:53 pm by miltcapps

[Update: July 1, 2013] Contigo announced it has been merged with San Francisco-based Emerge Financial, following the two companies' restructuring by Serious Change, a social i.... Read More

Briefly: TriStar Technology Ventures invests in Cerebrotech

Jun 07, 2012 at 03:03 pm by miltcapps

TriStar Technology Ventures, the West End-based venture capital fund focused on healthcare and life sciences, has invested in California-based Cerebrotech Medical Systems. A.... Read More